Does Solarize Image upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Solarize Image runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Cutoff 0–255 per channel. PNG. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB.

Should I use Invert Image instead of Solarize Image?

Use Solarize Image when you need Invert channels above a cutoff. Use Invert Image when you need Invert colors in the browser. They share a category (Images) but not the same job.

Solarize Image

Invert channels above a cutoff.

Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.

What Solarize Image does

Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.

This URL is only for Solarize Image (solarize image). Invert channels above a cutoff. Other Images tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Solarize Image alone: Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.

How to use Solarize Image

Stay on this Solarize Image page (/solarize-image). Do not switch to Invert Image unless you actually want Invert colors in the browser..
Add the file type Solarize Image accepts. Hint from the path: solarize image. Invert channels above a cutoff.
Set only the options that match Solarize Image. Neighbor Threshold Image does something else (Turn a photo into black and white.). Tool note: Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.
Run Solarize Image in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Cutoff 0–255 per channel. PNG. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB.
Download or copy the result from Solarize Image. If it is the wrong job, open Invert Image instead.

When not to use Solarize Image

Skip Solarize Image when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Invert Image or Threshold Image — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.

Questions about Solarize Image

What does Solarize Image do that other Images pages on this site do not?: Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only. Short version: Invert channels above a cutoff.
Does Solarize Image upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Solarize Image runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Cutoff 0–255 per channel. PNG. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB.
Should I use Invert Image instead of Solarize Image?: Use Solarize Image when you need Invert channels above a cutoff. Use Invert Image when you need Invert colors in the browser. They share a category (Images) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Solarize Image?: Cutoff 0–255 per channel. PNG. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB. Also: Each RGB channel at or above 0–255 is inverted. Unlike Invert this leaves darker values. Unlike Threshold this is not hard black and white. PNG out. First GIF frame only.